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CG5 GT capacity

Started by milaniman, 08/31/2004 05:02PM
Posted 08/31/2004 05:02PM Opening Post
I noticed that Celestron has added an 11" OTA to the CG5 mount. I think this may be a little too large for the mount to handle, although they also have a 10" Newtonian mounted to it also. I plan on Mounting a 4" refractor on mine. Anyone have any experience with this mount?

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Jason. 8O
Posted 09/01/2004 12:01AM #1
Anything over the 9.25 SCT or 6" refractor is pushing it too much. Even those two models are pushing the limit. Even with a rigid tripod such as the Eliminator that much load will very easily be influenced by a slight breeze.